Ice-cream-brick cave



Feb. 5, 1924.;

E. A. PHILLHPS I CE CREAM .BRICK CAVE Filed Sept. 23. 1920 Hmmm JNVENToR.

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EVEE-ETT A. FEILLIPS, 01?' SUIih'IT, NIN/V JERSEY, ASSGNOR, BY IVIESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE CREAIYERY PACKAGE MFG. COsPA'NY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A.

rcn-canaiitnnron cava.

Application filed ScptemberZS, 192). `Serial No. 412,110.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Evnan'rr A. PHILLngs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, in the county of Union and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Ice-Cream- Brick Caves, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to ice cream caves or containers particularly adapted for holding ice cream in brick form in such a manner that it may be readily vended from the container a brick at a time with a minimum amount otx trouble and particularly with a` minimum disturbance of the refrigerant surrounding the container.

lvVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists of the combinations and arrangements herein described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation oi one torm oi my invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot the container illustrated in Fig. 1.

Like parts have like reference characters in the several views.

ln the drawings, 10 is a tub which may be any of the suitable and usual forms for containing the retrigerating material, usually a mixture of cracked ice and salt. 11 is a container, which in the form illustrated, is a can having vertical walls and be.- ing ot rectangular cross section and ot' a size suilic'ient in area so that a plurality of ice cream bricks in the usual cartons 12 may be placed side by side, the container in the form illustrated being large enough to contain two rows of tour bricks each on each layer with one layer of bricks on their sides at the bottom of the container.

A. cover or lid 13 extends over the vertical sides of the container 11, so that when this cover 13 is removed access may be had to all ot the interior of the container 11, so that the container may be readily cleansed and filled with the ice cream bricks. Preferably the top or the cover 13 is dat, for a purpose to be pointed out hereinafter.

In the center of the. cover 13 is an opening, circular in form in the illustration, this opening being surroundedby a raised portion 14 or the cover `13. A supplemental cover 15 is adapted to extend over the raised portion 14; and ias-provided with a suitable handle 16.

Preferably the opening in the cover 13 is formed centrally of that'cover and of a size such that a single brick may convenient-ly be withdrawn from the container 11 through the opening when the supplemental cover 15 is removed. In order thatthere shall be as much of the top of the cover 13 left as is possible, I preferably make the central opening in that cover small enough so that two of the bricks vcannot be removed at a time.

ln use the container 11 is packed with the ice cream bricks, as best shown in Figure 1, and then the cover 13, with the supplemental cover 15,A is placed on the container. The loaded container is then packed in the refrigerating material which may be heaped over the top of the container, including the lid 15, so that the entire container is surrounded with the refrigerant.

-When it is desired to vend a single brick from the container it is necessary merely topush the refrigerating material away trom the relatively small cover 15, leaving the refrigerant ext-ending over the top of the cover 13, as shown in lFig. 1. The raised portion around the central opening pre- .Vents the refrigerant from falling into the container when the cover 15 is removed. rll'hen a single brick may be withdrawn and the cover 15 replaced with a minimum disturbance of the refrigerant surrounding the container, and with a minimum possibility of any of the refrigerant falling into the container when the single package is being removed.

By making the cover 1'3 flat it is possible to maintain some of the refrigerant on top of the lid 13 at all times. By making the opening covered by the supplemental lid 15 small in comparison with the total area of the container, I also provide a maximun surface on which the refrigerant can lie above the container, while, at the same time, permitting the bricks to be vended one at a time, as is usually desired. It will also be understood that the raised portion 14 may be of any suitable height above the normal level of the cover 13, so as to permit the desired quantity or refrigerant to lie on the fiat portion of the cover 13 without talling the'l'container Whnftle oever 15" is removed.'

While I have shown my container Ain its preferredform ofA a rectangular Cl LWU, be understood thatlgany other; desired shape may be used. It Will also be understood that the relative dimensions of the container may be varied n acoordacewith the sizes and shapes of the packages to be held therein and Vended"th`e`refrm.

frei'gerant, a container in the tub and having vertical Walls, and a-maincover extending over the vertical walls, said main cover having lan,oolxerling of less than half the area *the ylemainifg;'"portion of the main cover has refrigerant over and around it.

EVER'E'FT A. PHILLIPS. 

